Don't Look At Me

[SALLY]
Ben it's me.
Now folks we bring you
Di-rect from Phoenix
Live and in person.

Sally Durant!
Here she is at last
Twinkle in her eye
Hot off the press.
Strictly a mess
Nevertheless...
(smiling nervously)

Hi Ben...
(before he can respond)
No don't look at me-
Please not just yet.
Why am I here? This it crazy!

No don't look at me-
I know that face.
You're trying to place
The name...

Say something Ben anything.
No don't talk to me.
Ben I forget;
What were we like? It's so hazy!

Look at these people.
Aren't they eerie?
Look at this party.
Isn't it dreary?
I'm so glad I came.

[BEN]
Can I look now? (She nods smiling nervously)
Yes it's possible
You might be Sally. Did you fall asleep at Toscanini broadcasts?
(She nods.)
Did you eat Baby Ruths for breakfast?

[SALLY]
I still do sometimes. Oh Ben you're just the way
I knew you'd be. You make me feel like I was nineteen
and the four of us were going on the town.

[BOTH] So-
I just look at us...

[SALLY] Fat...
[BEN] Turning gray...

[BOTH]
Still playing games
Acting crazy.

[SALLY]
Isn't it awful?

[BEN]
God. how depressing-

[BOTH]
Me I'm a hundred.
You you're a blessing-
I'm so glad I came!

[BEN]
What we need is a drink.